Women's Basketball Announces Award Winners

Turner, Bennett, Schiebner and Pyykkonen all take home awards

Heather Turner

BUFFALO, NY - The University at Buffalo women's basketball team award winners for the 2005-06 season were announced at UB's annual Athletic Awards Banquet, held at The Millennium Hotel on Tuesday, May 2. Sophomore Heather Turner (West Seneca, NY/Mount Mercy Academy) was named Most Outstanding Player, while freshman Jamie Schiebner (Saginaw, MI/Heritage) was named Top Newcomer. Sophomore Stephanie Bennett (Springfield, NY/Kenton Ridge) received the Coaches' Award and Sophomore Flynn Pyykkonen (Clarkston, MI/Birmingham Marion) was named Most Improved Player.

Turner is a repeat selection, taking home the Most Outstanding and Top Newcomer awards last season. Turner finished the year as the team leader in points per game (14.3), rebounds per game (8.1) and field goal percentage (61.1%), which was the sixth-best performance in the nation. For her efforts, Turner was named to the All-MAC Third Team. The sophomore forward was named MAC East Player of the Week twice last year and was named to the UTSA Wells Fargo Classic All-Tournament Team.

Jamie Schiebner

Schiebner, a freshman forward, was named to the All-MAC Freshman Team following a first-year campaign where she finished second on the team with 7.2 rebounds per game. Schiebner finished fourth in scoring at 7.8 points per game. Schiebner will always be remember of sinking three late free throws, securing a Buffalo win in the MAC opener at Miami. Schiebner had her first breakout performance when she notched a double-double in the second game of the season against Syracuse.

Stephanie Bennett

Bennett, who finished the year first in the MAC in three-point field goal percentage, also led the conference in minutes per game, staying on the court for an average of almost 38 minutes per contest. Bennett, who served as the teams point guard, led the team with 125 assists as well as 50 steals. Bennett also finished third on the team in scoring with 8.9 per contest.

Flynn Pyykkonen

Pyykkonen continually got better as the season progressed including a game at Ohio, where she had 11 points before the first timeout at the 16-minute mark. Pyykkonen finished her season off with a double-double in the MAC tournament game against Toledo, recording a season-high 15 points and 12 rebounds. The sophomore forward/guard had three double-digit scoring performances in the last five games of the season after getting the starting nod in the last seven games.

05/05/2006